Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for La Trobe, Victoria, 2010. Defeated at general elections 2013.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Privileges and Members' Interests served from 21.8.2012 to 5.8.2013
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Corporations and Financial Services served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.08.2010 to 07.09.2013

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party Administrative Committee (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Rules Revision Committee (Vic.).
• Delegate of the Australian Labor Party National Conference.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.).
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Economics Policy Committee (Vic.).
• Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Youth Policy Committee (Vic.).

Personal

• Born: 12.11.1976, Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Partner

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc (Monash University).
• LLM (University of Melbourne).
• LLB(Hons) (Monash University).
• Solicitor.

Electorate

• Name: La Trobe
• Location: eastern outskirts of Melbourne covering the Dandenong Ranges; it includes the suburbs of Beaconsfield, Belgrave, Cockatoo, Officer, Sassafras and Upwey, and parts of Berwick, Boronia, Emerald, Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Narre Warren North, Olinda and Pakenham.
• Area: 588 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 97,960 (at 21.8.2010)
• Industries: household products, car accessories and other light industries.
• Includes: La Trobe includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Bass, Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Gembrook, Monbulk, Narre Warren North and Narre Warren South.